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PROOF OF LIFE (Part 2)
What is the evidence/PROOF that you are alive in Christ?
2Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
2Corinthians 8:24 Therefore show these men the proof…
Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them.
Proof of Life#2: Growth in the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD.
John 17:3 Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.
Eternal life/ Christian faith is not knowing “ABOUT God”, it is “KNOWING God.”
Many Christians fail to realize the DESTRUCTIVE power of ignorance/immaturity.
Hosea 4:6 6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
Don’t quickly write this scripture off because of the reference to “priests”; As Christians we are ALL priests of God.
Revelation 1:5-6 5 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.
1Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Through our knowledge of God we have ACCESS to the blessings/promises/life of God.
2Peter 1:2-4 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
Our knowledge of God grows through learning what the BIBLE says and TALKING with God.
Application: Make a DAILY appointment to spend some alone time talking to God and reading the Bible.
What is God Speaking to You?